On Saturday however, the Times reported that WH Smith intends to sell the business without the rights to its brand name. The Times wrote that "the retailer, run by Chief Executive Carl Cowling, is ...

Ardley, England-based Viridor is currently owned by US private equity company KKR & Co Inc, which acquired it from Pennon Group PLC in 2020 for GBP4.2 billion. Bloomberg reported last month that KKR ...

(Alliance News) - Blue-chip stocks in Europe recovered lost ground to end largely higher on Friday afternoon, though the FTSE 100 outperformed. The FTSE 100 index ended up 53.53 points, 0.6%, at 8,809 ...

(Alliance News) - AstraZeneca PLC on Friday said its breast cancer therapy, Enhertu, which is being developed jointly with Tokyo-based pharmaceutical company Daiichi Sankyo Co Ltd, has been ...

(Alliance News) - Oxford Biodynamics PLC shares tumbled 10% on Friday, after the firm reported its loss widened in 2024 despite a rise in revenue. The Oxford, England-based biotechnology company has ...

(Alliance News) - Fiske PLC shares fell more than 10% on Friday, despite reporting that profit more than doubled in the first half of its current financial year. The London-based stockbroker and ...

Advanced Nutrition revenue fell 16% to GBP16.1 million from a restated GBP19.3 million, with Benchmark attributing the weakness to "continuing soft shrimp markets" as well as a change in product mix.

(Alliance News) - Tritax Big Box REIT PLC on Friday said its profit grew more than six times higher during 2024, driven by its swing to a positive return on investment for its property portfolio.

The deal came as Weir said pretax profit rose 8.1% to GBP347 million in 2024 from GBP321 million a year prior. Adjusted operating profit rose 2.8% to GBP472 million from GBP459 million. But revenue ...

It takes its annual dividend to EUR0.09. IAG's EUR0.03 interim dividend was its first since 2019. In addition, it announced a EUR1.00 billion share buyback, returning excess capital to shareholders ...

It is the second month in a row that major banks have been hit by IT issues around payday, with experts saying the online banking systems often struggle with the high rate of activity as wages and ...

Pearson's Chief Executive Omar Abbosh said: "2024 was another year of delivery and strategic progress for Pearson. The application of innovative technologies, like AI, in our learning experiences, ...